Chapter 22 Night Market Lantern Festival
After shopping for about a meal in the martial arts workshop, Lu Chen stepped into a grocery store and spent more than ten taels of gold to buy another outfit.
Walking out of the grocery store, Lu Chen found a corner where no one was, put on his hood neatly, and hid his whole person inside, even if others approached, he couldn't see his true face clearly. After doing all this, Lu Chen turned over his hand and took out a porcelain bottle, which was engraved with the word ancient seal on both sides of the bottle.
When the cork was lifted, a strong, pungent smell poured out. There are ten voice-changing pills stored in this porcelain bottle, each pill is very precious, worth one tael of gold, and this bottle alone is enough to cost Lu Chen ten taels of gold. As for this outfit, it is much cheaper, less than one-tenth of a bottle of voice changing pills.
The mouth of the bottle was tilted, and Lu Chen poured out an earthy yellow pill the size of a soybean, and as soon as the pill came out, the pungent taste became a little stronger. As soon as he raised his head, Lu Chen swallowed the voice-changing pill into his stomach. According to the store's introduction, when you take a voice-changing pill, your voice will change, and this change can last for two hours. After two hours, the sound will return to normal.
The voice-changing pill was swallowed, and Lu Chen waited silently. After a while, I only felt a slight itch in my throat and eyes, and I couldn't help coughing, and I heard that my voice lost some of its previous magnetism and became much thicker and deeper.
"Hey...... Hey......" Lu Chen shouted twice at random, and his voice alone made people feel that the person who spoke was more like a person with a gloomy personality and was not easy to provoke. Raising his eyebrows, this is the person who knows him well, and he can't tell who he is from the voice coming from the hood at this moment.
These two gold are worth it, Lu Chen put on his hood, walked out of the no-man's corner, and after a few detours, he rushed straight to the Fuchun Herbal Medicine Hall. First, he had already dealt with Fuchun Herb Hall once, and secondly, the reputation of Fuchun Herb Hall was indeed commendable, so Lu Chen had no intention of changing another one in his heart.
As soon as Lu Chen stepped into the store, there was a tall woman wearing a blue low-necked cheongsam, Lianbu moved lightly to meet her, looked at herself with a smile and said: "The maid is cheaply named Bihe, welcome the guest officer to Fuchun Herbal Medicine Hall, may I ask what medicinal materials the guest officer needs to purchase?"
Although the face of the person in front of him was hidden in the hood, Bihe was not surprised at all, there were not a few people in the martial arts room who were dressed like this, and there were even stranger costumes than in front of them.
In his hood, Lu Chen smiled slightly, feeling that it was not weird, but it also had a different taste. Then he thought of something, put away his smile, and said in a low voice: "En...... I didn't come to buy medicinal herbs. ”
Hearing this, Bihe knew that she had misunderstood the other party's intentions, so she hurriedly owed a debt, and asked with a smile: "May I ask what the guest officer commands?"
"Do you want to buy this?" Lu Chen asked straight to the point, holding a jade bottle in his palm.
Bihe glanced at the jade bottle in Lu Chen's hand and was slightly stunned. The guests of the Lai Fu Chun Herbal Medicine Hall are either buying medicinal herbs or reselling them. Neither to purchase medicinal materials, Bihe naturally thought that the other party was going to resell some medicinal materials, but she didn't expect that the other party was here to resell pills and the like. Reselling medicinal materials and reselling pills are very different, reselling medicinal materials is very common, and it is normal for martial artists to have adventures outside, and it is normal to resell them to the acquisition store after harvesting the medicinal materials they can't use. But reselling pills and the like is a bit rare.
After a while, Bi He came back to his senses and hurriedly said, "If you want to sell pills, please come with me." ”
Reselling medicinal herbs, Bihe can still call the shots. Reselling the pill is much more complicated, and the special pharmacist in the Fuchun Herbal Medicine Hall must check the ingredients, color, and efficacy of the pill...... and whether there are other hidden dangers in the pill.
After speaking, Bihe led Lu Chen to the depths of the hall of the Fuchun Herbal Medicine Hall, and after a while, the two came to a door.
"Wait, officer. Immediately, Bi Helian moved slightly, stepped forward and knocked on the door, and said respectfully: "Old Han, a guest official has come to our store to sell pills. ”
"Come in. When there was a promise from inside the house, Bihe pushed open the door and led Lu Chen into it.
Stepping into the room, Lu Chen's eyes swept casually, the room was not very large, and there was plenty of light. On three walls are mahogany bookshelves, lined with books of varying thicknesses. On closer inspection, although the books are very old, there is not a trace of dust, and it is obvious that they are often read.
"What kind of pill are you selling?"
An inquiring voice came, Lu Chen withdrew his gaze, looking for prestige, only to see an old man in Tsing Yi with white hair and ruddy face lightly pressed his hands on a thick book, looking at him.
"Look. Lu Chen sat on a mahogany chair prepared by Bihe, and gently put the jade bottle he had taken out before on the table and pushed it towards the old man in Tsing Yi. This white jade bottle is the vessel that Lu Chen used to hold the ice lotus seeds when he bought them from the Fuchun Herbal Medicine Hall, but Lu Chen had already determined before he came that there was no special mark on the white jade bottle, and the jade bottles used to hold the ice lotus seeds in the various medicinal herb stores in the martial arts were all of the same specification.
"Take a look at the old decay, there's nothing in the way. Han Lao asked routinely, and when he picked up the jade bottle, he shook it lightly without a trace. Before the cork was uncorked, he was already estimating the elixir in the bottle.
The details in Han Lao's hands did not escape Lu Chen's gaze, and the latter nodded slightly, indicating that it didn't matter.
The jade bottle shook slightly, and Han Lao couldn't hear the sound of the pill hitting the bottle, and he didn't even feel a trace of shock in his hand, and his brows furrowed.
The cork was opened, and a not-so-pleasant smell of medicine suddenly filled the room. Han Lao stretched out his head and looked into the jade bottle, and his heart suddenly came over, no wonder he didn't hear the sound of the elixir colliding, and he didn't feel a shock in his hand, he frowned and said, "This is ...... Liquid?"
Naturally, it was a medicinal liquid, Lu Chen nodded. Seeing this, Han Lao brought the jade bottle under the tip of his nose and sniffed it slightly, and then the whole room fell silent.
The old man pinched the jade bottle in his hand, his brows furrowed. The young man sat upright and tasted tea, his expression relaxed, and the maid watched quietly and silently.
Lu Chen's expression was relaxed, but he didn't pretend to be on purpose, you must know that the Three Treasures Quenching Body Fluid can be used to cultivate the Nine Transformations of Gods and Demons, although the medicinal power is much worse than the Nine Treasure Quenching Body Fluid, but he is not worried that the Three Treasure Quenching Body Fluid will not be able to enter the eyes of the Fuchun Herbal Medicine Hall, the expert pharmacist, and he is afraid that the other party will not know the goods.
After a long time, Han Lao Fang had a solemn face, and said slowly: "The medicinal flavor is rich and condensed like substance, and there is a little bit of the taste of the marrow refining flower in it......"
Saying this, Han Lao paused and looked at Lu Chen, who nodded slightly, indicating that there was indeed a medicinal herb in it that was a refining pulp.
Seeing this, Han Lao's heart moved, he didn't stop on purpose, but he couldn't judge more from the ice blue liquid in the jade bottle. However, since it has been determined that one of the medicinal materials is a pulp refining flower, this ice blue liquid must be related to quenching. Qinghe City can be said to be full of Qi Sea Realm martial artists, and there is a huge demand for quenching pills, any kind of quenching pills are bestsellers, and they are almost in short supply. If Fuchun Herbal Medicine Hall can have one more quenching elixir to give guests more choice, the benefits will naturally be self-evident.
As soon as he thought of this, Han Lao no longer hid that he couldn't see why, and said, "If it is an ordinary quenching pill, the old decay can still be identified, but this is ...... The liquid medicine is really the first time I have seen it. There is no complete certainty that it can be identified, if the guest officer is not in a hurry, the old man wants to ask another smart appraisal. ”
In a word, I really don't know the goods. However, everything was difficult at the beginning, and Lu Chen was not in a hurry, nodded and said, "Old Han, please do it." ”
"Bihe, you go to the Pill Pavilion quickly, and ask Tao Lao to come here to talk about it. Han Lao immediately said, Bihe got the order, owed to Lu Chen, and turned to leave the room.
Bihe left, and only Lu Chen and Han Lao were left in the room. Han Lao seemed to want to ask something, but he stopped talking. Although Han Lao didn't say it, Lu Chen guessed it in his heart. Han Lao just wanted to ask himself what kind of medicinal herbs the ice blue medicinal liquid in the jade bottle was refined. Lu Chen knew it in his heart, but he smiled slightly, pretended not to see it, and asked, "Han Lao doesn't mind taking a look at the books on the shelves." ”
"Please. Hearing this, Han Lao came back to his senses, stretched out a hand, and asked Lu Chen. Then I thought about it for a while, if I asked in detail, it would be difficult to arouse suspicion, so it was better not to ask, and then hold back the curiosity in my heart and ponder it to myself.
Han Lao fell into deep thought, Lu Chen flipped through the books, and the room fell into silence. After about a cup of tea, there was a knock on the door, and Bihe walked in.
"Elder Han, Elder Tao is not in the Pill Pavilion, according to the people in the Pill Pavilion, Elder Tao went to the night market lantern festival tonight. "Biho Road.
"This ......" Han Lao was slightly stunned, then looked at Lu Chen, with a look of embarrassment, and said, "Can you invite the guest officer to move and go to the night market lantern festival with the old man." "The ice-blue liquid in the jade bottle is obviously from Lu Chen's hand, and if this business can be negotiated, it should be able to be maintained for a long time. If you let it go, it is equivalent to giving the opportunity to make money to the opponents of Fuchun Herbal Medicine, which is not a way to make money.
Lu Chen thought for a moment, closed the book in his hand, and said, "It's okay." ”
"Bihe, go get ready for the carriage. Han Lao said again, and as he spoke, he carefully put away the jade bottle on the table.
Bihe took the order, and soon, a carriage from the Fuchun Herbal Medicine Hall drove the three of them out of Wufang and went straight to the place of the night market lantern festival in Qinghe City.
In the carriage, Han Lao and Lu Chen sat opposite each other, while Bihe waited beside them, and the two talked while drinking tea, but they didn't feel bored.
During the conversation, Lu Chen learned that why this Tao Lao of the Pill Pavilion went to participate in the night market lantern festival was actually related to the things in his hands at this time. It turns out that this pill pavilion Tao Lao is fond of tea, naturally some people vote for it, this night market lantern has a batch of new precious tea, Tao Lao was warmly invited, is to the night market lantern to taste tea.
The road was flat, and the carriage did not bumpy, and after a while, Lu Chen felt that the carriage had stopped, and he thought that he must have arrived at the night market lantern festival.
As soon as the car door opened, the noise not far away suddenly came into his ears, Lu Chen stepped out of the carriage, turned his head to look back, the lights were shining, the traffic was busy, and what caught his eye was a very lively scene.
"Three guest officers, please board the ship. One of them shouted.
The three of Lu Chen boarded the boat one after another, and the young man took a wooden oar, and a small boat was far away from the river bank and floated into the river.
Standing at the bow of the boat, Lu Chen looked at the lively scene of the night market lantern festival on the shore, and suddenly the boat shook lightly at his feet, and quickly withdrew his gaze, looked behind him, and saw Han Lao and Bihe, all smiling and looking at him.
"It's here. Han Lao pointed to the tall and exquisite ship building in front of him, and stretched out his hand to ask.
"Han Lao, please first. Lu Chen said politely.
Han Lao smiled slightly, and his perception of Lu Chen suddenly rose to a higher level. Han Lao took the lead, Lu Chen followed, and the three of them boarded the ship one after another.
The three of them made it all the way to the third and highest floor of the shipbuilding.
"You really know how to pick a place, standing on this boat to watch the night market lantern festival, you can not only take in the beautiful scenery of the night market lantern festival, but also stay away from the noise of the night market lantern festival. Han Lao said with a smile at another old man in azure clothes.
"What wind has blown you old fellow here, too. The old man in azure clothes put down the tea cup in his hand and looked at the person who came, quite surprised.
Without the introduction of others, Lu Chen knew that this old man in azure clothes was the Tao Lao of Wufang Danyao Pavilion.
"Naturally, it's a matter of the herb hall's business, this guest officer brought a bottle of medicinal liquid, I can't identify the reason for my limited knowledge, and I want to ask my old friend to help. "Han Lao was not polite to Tao Lao at all, and he got straight to the point.
While talking, the servants of their own ship building stepped forward to prepare seats, and everyone sat down as hosts and guests.
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